In the House of Commons on Wednesday, MPs voted down a Conservative member’s bill that would have protected the conscience rights of health-care workers unwilling to participate “directly or indirectly” in medical assistance in dying, or MAiD.
Bill C-230, introduced in February by Saskatchewan Conservative MP Kelly Block, aimed to amend the Criminal Code to “make it an offence to intimidate a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, or other health care professional for the purpose of compelling them to take part, directly or indirectly, in the provision of medical assistance in dying.”
